Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Monday, January 21, 2013
a shortcut in fine art
Barnard Castle and Bridge, from downstream by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1797
Pencil, 230 x 270mm (9" x 10.6"), North of England sketchbook
from the book Turner in the North p 49
The photo below of the same castle (built 1093) and bridge from a similar view is from Turner in the North page 48 :
Some of the differences between the drawing and the photo is due to them being created 200 years apart.
One detail I would call attention to is the "x" on the buildings on the lower right probably as a little shortcut to note shadowed areas for future reference.
One detail I would call attention to is the "x" on the buildings on the lower right probably as a little shortcut to note shadowed areas for future reference.
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| detail of the lower right of the image above with several 'x' highlighted in red |
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Lesbian Symbol
Studies For The Libyan Sibyl of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo, circa 1510-11. It is only 11 3/8 x 8 7/16 inches and is simply marvelous. I'm not the only one as evidenced by the fact that people, generation after generation, have looked at it and decided to go to the trouble to keep a fragile sheet of paper safe and intact for over 500 years.
The use and the economy of line is extraordinary. Yet it was intended as a working drawing with scribbles and splatters of ink. The varying states of completion of various elements makes it a lesson in drawing for those with the talent to learn from it.
I should mention that the back of the sheet, which is also a study for the Libyan Sibil, is much less impressive. The Libyan Sibil as painted on the Sistine Chapel lacks much of the charm of the drawing although who doesn't like a giant book. (here is a zoomable view of the Sistine Chapel)
A sibyl is any of certain women of antiquity reputed to possess powers of prophecy or divination. (The Libyan Sibyl is a woman but I think this drawing is clearly of a man.)
Friday, June 15, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Super UnderThermia
click to embiggen
SuperUnderThermia is the 2007 Australian of the Year Tim Flannery's latest project and follows his previous effort at establishing new society known as Geothermia. SuperUnderThermia is different in more than one way.
First, this project takes into account rain.
Second, who doesn't like Seamonkeys? (or as they'll be known in the future : SuperUnderThermians)
Third, it shares some of the same essential principles as Geothermia.
This is my entry for the Flannery Centre's art contest.
(I note disappointingly that the Flannery Centre's own domain simply redirects to another site.) This seems like a good opportunity to note my distaste for naming things (not web sites but buildings etc) after living people. I think it often reflects poorly on both the person deciding the name and the person after whom the eponymous thing is being named.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Ex libris
I've always wanted a bookplate. They seem cool. Classy. Something everyone should have. Then I realized :
1) I don't like defiling books. Sticking a bookplate does seem like book abuse
2) marking books to say "this is mine" seems pointless. I know it is mine. Does anyone else care. I doubt anyone will walk up to my book shelves and bewilderedly ask whose books are these? Perhaps if I lent my books to a wider group of people...
3) If I don't have a reason for a bookplate then having one would be vain
4) I have quite a few books and I don't want to go to the trouble of adding a bookplate to each
However, I kept doodling even as I thought of the above.
1) I don't like defiling books. Sticking a bookplate does seem like book abuse
2) marking books to say "this is mine" seems pointless. I know it is mine. Does anyone else care. I doubt anyone will walk up to my book shelves and bewilderedly ask whose books are these? Perhaps if I lent my books to a wider group of people...
3) If I don't have a reason for a bookplate then having one would be vain
4) I have quite a few books and I don't want to go to the trouble of adding a bookplate to each
However, I kept doodling even as I thought of the above.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Christmas nears
Christmas nears and I have a list of things to do and no shopping done but apparently I have time for this.
click to enlarge
or sans the awful color.
Roland the red nosed dino had a very shiny nose. All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names so he ate them. He's also sensitive about his overbite so don't mention it. He likes carrots and has problems with impulse control.
click to enlarge
or sans the awful color.
Roland the red nosed dino had a very shiny nose. All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names so he ate them. He's also sensitive about his overbite so don't mention it. He likes carrots and has problems with impulse control.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Halloween
Happy Halloween.
click to enlarge or else you won't be able to read it
please note Frankenstein's feet
Made for a friend and her husband who dressed up as Homer & Marge Simpson : Homer's SNPP ID badge and a Duff beer label to wrap around a can (links to PDF files).
click to enlarge or else you won't be able to read it
please note Frankenstein's feet
Made for a friend and her husband who dressed up as Homer & Marge Simpson : Homer's SNPP ID badge and a Duff beer label to wrap around a can (links to PDF files).
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